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Vaccination helped control an Ebola outbreak in the east of the country [File - Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP] The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 17 Ebola cases in a new outbreak of the deadly virus in the western province of Equateur and 11 of those infected have died, health officials said on Monday. Authorities…

SANDF at a road block in Khayelitsha. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach) Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula does not want to say how many SANDF members have been infected with Covid-19.None have died of the virus.The SANDF had 3 271 quarantine beds as of 25 May, with more added since.While "very few" SA National Defence Force…

841 police officers have been diagnosed with Covid-19, Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed on Thursday. Of those, 601 are in the Western Cape. Eight officers have died. Police Minister Bheki Cele said 841 police officers have contracted the coronavirus, with 601 in the Western Cape.He also made the startling claim the number of arrests per province during…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is embarking on an expansive study of the prevalence of novel coronavirus antibodies in people in 25 metropolitan areas, an effort to provide long-awaited insight into the way the virus is spreading and its presence in communities.The study, which plans to test 325,000 people by fall 2021, will…

103 police officers had tested positive for the virus.On Friday, Police Minister Bheki Cele said 253 were infected with "this invisible enemy that is attacking our members".He was addressing a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Police and the Select Committee on Security and Justice."It is going to be much darker before it is…